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SparkleTea

@sparkletea.bsky.social

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Experiencing cognitive dissonance. Attorney. Gen Jones (Google it). Avid fan of integrity and democracy. #Leguminati. #TheFive8. Live music fan. San Francisco. Jewish American woman. Would rather be watching Doctor Who or reading GRRM but DOTUS happened.

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SparkleTea @sparkletea.bsky.social · Nov 23

It is, and has been for a while, primarily all about our inability to educate enough of us about how disinformation campaigns work.

It's time to reshare The Rules. I had hoped to retire these long ago, but no.

Please share widely. Tell everyone. Let's teach critical thinking again. >>

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SparkleTea @sparkletea.bsky.social · 2h

Johnson is proving to be as dangerous to our democracy as McTurtle was

Jamie Dupree @jamiedupree.bsky.social · 1d

Speaker Johnson officially announces another week off for the House. That means 20 work days in 18 weeks since July 4. The House is currently scheduled to be out the week of Nov. 10. It's not clear if that will change.

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P H Lee 🪬 @p-h-lee.bsky.social · 2h

don't be afraid of the mess that comes from both-and-neither metaphors, I guess is what I'm saying. it's good. it pushes you to think in new ways.

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SparkleTea @sparkletea.bsky.social · 2h

😂😂
Me too

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Patsy “Resistance Kitty” Evans Ph.D. @drharmony.net · 21h

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Qasim Rashid, Esq. @qasimrashid.com · 4h

On MSNBC Cuomo said "diversity can be a weakness." When asked by one of the two Black hosts (Eugene) to clarify, he doubled down on his statement and called Eugene "Jonathan."

So Cuomo is anti-diversity & can't tell Black people apart.🤔

Honestly the best anti-Cuomo ads are just letting Cuomo speak

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Jocelynn 💙 @spongebob104.bsky.social · 2h

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SparkleTea @sparkletea.bsky.social · 4h

Best wishes!

SparkleTea @sparkletea.bsky.social · 4h

I do agree with that. I was being a bit snarky, I admit, about the she doesn't know what to do part...

I haven't seen any evidence that she's in on the grift - as I have with Melania! But her work history shows she's with JD ideologically (a bit), or else she's a huge hypocrite.

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JudyJaguarianJetta @judyjagurianjetta.bsky.social · 5h

Barron Trump getting a million dollars position in TikTok isn't even a glitch on the radar

Right after Trump's meeting with Xi

Fucking bullshit about going after Hunter Biden for literally nothing is just being ignored

Jared Kushner is still in the admin

He is just ghost writing the show

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diamond @diamondqc.bsky.social · 5h

autism, adhd and ocd are arguably the most well-known types, however 'neurodivergent' itself is a (neutral) umbrella term for neurological functioning that is different to what's considered 'neurotypical'
some neurodivergence is innate (e.g. autism, adhd) but it can also be acquired (e.g. ptsd, tbi)

NEURODIVERGENT UMBRELLA
ADHD
BIPOLAR
DID & OSDD
ASPD
AUTISM
EPILEPSY
BPD
NPD
GAD
OCD
CPTSD
ABI/TBI
DYSLEXIA
TIC DISORDERS
HSP
DYSPRAXIA
SCHIZOPHRENIA
SENSORY PROCESSING
MISOPHONIA
HPD
DYSCALCULIA
PTSD
DOWN SYNDROME
DYSGRAPHIA
FASD
SYNESTHESIA
*NON-EXHAUSTIVE LIST
www.vedexperienceeducator.com
livedexperienceeducator

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Clara Jeffery @clarajeffery.bsky.social · 14h

5/ this is Shotwell, a few blocks from my apartment. But at this point I feel like I’m going to encounter an insanely awesome parade on every cross street. #Mission

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such a travesty @suchatravesty.bsky.social · 13h

Halloween is on a Saturday next year. I am SO coming in for danceoween!

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SparkleTea @sparkletea.bsky.social · 5h

San Francisco 🥰🥰🥰🥰🥰

Clara Jeffery @clarajeffery.bsky.social · 14h

5/ this is Shotwell, a few blocks from my apartment. But at this point I feel like I’m going to encounter an insanely awesome parade on every cross street. #Mission

SparkleTea @sparkletea.bsky.social · 5h

Bohemian Rhapsody🥰🥰🥰
Best sing-along since American Pie

Better party vibe

Clara Jeffery @clarajeffery.bsky.social · 14h

4/ Mission joy

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Clara Jeffery @clarajeffery.bsky.social · 13h

Whenever you look at a Trump admin presser it seems like either the speaker or at least one other official standing behind is utterly zonked out of their mind.

Look for it. It’s…a whole other level of disturbing.

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Anne Applebaum @anneapplebaum.bsky.social · 12h

A horrific mass murder is unfolding in Sudan, where no one can see it. The RSF are murdering civilians in El Fasher, having finally defeated the Sudanese army forces holding out in the city. The BBC has managed to speak to some who escaped

www.youtube.com/watch?v=i7fC...

Sudanese survivors of el-Fasher siege tell the BBC about RSF brutality | BBC News

YouTube video by BBC News

www.youtube.com

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Bluesky @bsky.app · 1d

Threads on Bluesky should feel more like conversations you’d have IRL.

We’re testing new systems to improve reply quality. See what’s coming: bsky.social/about/blog/1...

Progress Update: Building Healthier Social Media - Bluesky

Over the next few months, we’ll be iterating on the systems that make Bluesky a better place for healthy conversations. Some experiments will stick, others will evolve, and we’ll share what we learn a...

bsky.social

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Barb McQuade @barbmcquade.bsky.social · 8h

The Trump administration’s effort to rewrite history continues with more firings at DOJ. I’ll join MSNBC at 8 AM to discuss.
www.msnbc.com/msnbc/news/p...

Two U.S. prosecutors put on leave after seeking 27 months in jail for Jan. 6 rioter

Taylor Taranto brought illegal guns and ammunition to former President Barack Obama’s house in 2023.

www.msnbc.com

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SparkleTea @sparkletea.bsky.social · 5h

This wasn't covered when I was in law school 40-ish years ago

The US Code allows for drug traffickers to be locked up in prison.

I didn't see the bombing clause

Don Moynihan @donmoyn.bsky.social · 6h

The claim of novel emergency or extrajudicial powers are dangerous precisely because once established, they can be expanded.

Greg Sargent @gregsargent.bsky.social · 7h

Awful: Pentagon officials told lawmakers Trump now claims authority to bomb people merely “affiliated” with “narco-terrorist" groups, Rep Adam Smith tells me. But under questioning, they wouldn't say what “affiliated” even means!

Lots of fresh info in my new piece:

newrepublic.com/article/2025...

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Joe Walsh @walshfreedom.bsky.social · 1d

Says the guy who’s kept the House out of session for months. He’s lying. Again. I’m fascinated by proudly public, self-professed Christians like Mike Johnson. Where does it say it’s okay for Christians to lie like this? I bet he gets down on his knees every night & prays to his god for forgiveness.

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Barb McQuade @barbmcquade.bsky.social · 6h

“They were careless people … they smashed up things and creatures and then retreated back into their money or their vast carelessness, or whatever it was that kept them together, and let other people clean up the mess they had made."

MeidasTouch @meidastouch.com · 17h

Trump is holding a Great Gatsby/Roaring 20s-themed party at his private club in Palm Beach tonight as he tries to withhold SNAP and health care subsidies from millions of Americans. (via Kellie Meyer)